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NASADawn of a New Era (2/16/2009)

The rosy dawn sky over NASA's Kennedy Space Center reveals the newly erected lightning towers on Launch Pad 39B. The two towers at left contain the lightning mast on top; the one at right does not. At center are the fixed and rotating service structures that have served the Space Shuttle Program. The new lightning protection system is being built for the Constellation Program and Ares/Orion launches. Each of the towers is 500 feet tall with an additional 100-foot fiberglass mast atop supporting a wire catenary system. This improved lightning protection system allows for the taller height of the Ares I rocket compared to the space shuttle. Pad 39B will be the site of the first Ares vehicle launch, including the Ares I-X test flight that is targeted for July 2009. Image credit: NASA/Tim Jacobs Feb. 13, 2009


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Mediatype: image
Creator: NASA
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/multimedia/images/09-02-13.html
Date: 2/16/2009
Year: 2009
Rights: Public Domain
What: Dawn
What: Space Shuttle Orbiter
What: Constellation
What: WIRE
What: Ares Launch Vehicles
Where: Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
Identifier: 313743main_towers-lg_full
Addeddate: 2009-08-19 23:33:35
Publicdate: 2009-08-19 23:40:31
Keywords: towers, lightning, launch pad, Ares, 39B, Kennedy Space Center; What -- Dawn; What -- Space Shuttle Orbiter; What -- Constellation; What -- WIRE; What -- Ares Launch Vehicles; Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC)

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